Edward W. Scott

Edward W. "Ed" Scott, Jr. is an American businessman, philanthropist, and former senior United States government official.[1] Along with Bill Coleman and Alfred Chuang, he founded enterprise software company BEA Systems.

After leaving government service, Scott entered the technology industry, working for Computer Consoles Inc., Pyramid Technology and Sun Microsystems where he co-founded Sun Federal, which provided services to the U.S. government.[2] Scott co-founded BEA Systems in 1995, where he was President and Executive Vice President for World Wide Field Operations. He now has no direct role in the management of the firm. Oracle purchased BEA Systems in 2008 for $8.5 billion.[3]

In 2007, Scott established and funded the Scott Family Liberia Fellows program, which provides a cadre of trained economists and development specialists that work directly for the cabinet secretaries of various Liberian ministries to assist the President of Liberia.[5] He was the principal donor to create the Scott Center for Autism Treatment at the Florida Institute of Technology, where he serves on the Board of Trustees.[6] Scott also serves on the Chancellor's Court of Benefactors of the University of Oxford, where he endowed a Chair in Psychiatry and two research fellowships dedicated to the study of the causes and possible treatments of autism and Asperger’s syndrome. Scott also established a special program at University College, Oxford for admission to the college of students with severe disabilities.

Scott serves on the Board of Voxiva. Scott is also an investor in Spreecast.[7] In addition, Scott is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the majority shareholder of the Florida Beer Company. Scott founded, built, owns, and operates the Kiwi Tennis Club in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida.